Cover for butter tubs, etc.



Jam. 16, 1923. 1,442,462

G. H. BLISS. COVER FOR BUTTER Tues. ETc.

FILED SEPT. 16, 1921.

INVE T [1E aw w v ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 16, 1923.

stains ASSIGNO? TO HELEN "SUSHI-IAN,

0F MALDEN, KEASSACHUSETTS.

COVER FOR BUTTER TUBS, ETC.

Application filed September 1%, 1921.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE H. Brass, citizen of the United States, residing at Maiden, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Covers for Butter Tubs, Etc, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a strong, durable and inexpensively constructed cover for butter tubs and other cylindrical receptacles, adapted to be securely attached to a receptacle and protect the latter and its contents against damage when in transit or in storage.

The invention is embodied in the improvement hereinafter described and claimed.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cover.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary section on line 22 of Fig. 1.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, 12 represents a disk pref erably composed of wooden sections connected at their meeting edges by tongues and grooves or otherwise-the disk being adapted to be handled and turned during the operation of securing thereto the sheet metal annulus, next described.

Said annulus is formed from a strip of sheet metal, preferably sheet iron, the width of the strip being greater than the thickness of the disk.

In applying the strip, I mount the disk on a rotary holder or faceplate, and attach one end of the strip to the disk by a fastener, such as a nail 13 driven through a hole formed for its reception in the strip and into the margin of the disk, one edge of the strip projecting from the outer side and ti e opposite edge from the inner side of the disk, I then rotate the disk and wrap the strip around the margin thereof. At the same time, by suitable sheet metal working instrumentalities, I bend one edge of the strip inwardly and thus form a flange lt which is seated on the outer side of the disk, and form between the edges of the strip a Serial No. 501,071.

head 15 which projects inward under the margin of the under side of the disk. Vi hen the strip is completely wrapped around the margin of the disk its outer en is secured to the disk by another fastener 16. The strip is thus converted into an annulus 17, one edge of which has the flange 14 seated on the outer side of the disk, the opposite edge projecting below the inner side of the disk and forming an annular rim or flange which is stiffened by the head 15 and is adapted to embrace the upper end of the butter tub or other receptacle.

The annulus may be provided with holes 18 to receive fasteners driven into the receptacle, and with holes 19 to receive fasteners driven into the margin of the disk. desired, sheet metal strips 20 be attach d to the completed cover said strips ham adapted for attachment to the tub.

The length of the sheet metal strip is preferably greater than the diameter of the disk so that one of its ends overlaps the other as shown by Figure 1. V

I claim:

1. A receptacle cover composed of a disk and a sheet metal annulus surrounding the disk and of greater width than the thickness of the latter, said annulus having one edge an inwardly turned flange seated on "h outer side of the disk, and bet-ween its ed a circumferential bead projecting inwarolv under the margin of the inner side of the disk so that the margin of the disk is confined between the tlange and the bead, the annulus being formed from a strip attached to the disk.

2. A. receptacle cover composed of a disk, a sheet metal strip wider than the thickness of the disk. a fastener uniting one end of the strip to the disk, the strip being; wrapped around the margin of the disk to form an annulus and h aving one of its edge portions bent to form a flange seated on the outer side of: the disk. and its interme te portion headed to engage the margin 0. the inner side of the disk, and a fastener uniting; the opposite end of the strip to the disk. 1

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

GEORGE H. BLISS. 

